Grant

June 16 - 20, 2014

  • $2.275 million in Public Works funds to the County of Pender, North Carolina, to construct wastewater infrastructure to support the first tenant in the Pender Commerce Park, a seafood processing facility. The project will strengthen the region’s agri-business cluster and enhance economic resiliency. This investment is part of an $8,427,292 project that the grantee estimates will create 240 jobs and leverage $50 million in private investment.
  • $2 million in Economic Adjustment funds to the Clemson University Land Stewardship Foundation, LICAR, LLC, and Clemson University, South Carolina, to construct the Research One building on the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) campus in Greenville, South Carolina. The Research One building will complete CU-ICAR’s Technology Neighborhood One (TN1) and be dedicated primarily to start-up company incubation, industry partner co-location, and industry-sponsored research. It will provide an intersection for productivity, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and space for private-public partnerships focused on developing new technologies in the automotive, mobility, and IT fields. This investment is part of a $12,866,200 project that the grantees estimate will create 220 jobs and leverage $2.6 million in private investment.
  • $1.42 million in Public Works funds to the City of Toccoa and Stephens County, Georgia, to construct water and sewer infrastructure to develop the Veterans Parkway Corridor to increase the region’s global competitiveness. The project will serve several large manufacturing businesses, specializing in geotextiles, partitions, and automotive parts for international export. This investment is part of a $2,839,950 project that the grantees estimate will create 208 jobs, save 198 jobs, and leverage $14.1 million in private investment.
  • $1.29 million in Public Works funds to the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, to support construction of the Springfield Job Creation/Technical Training Facility in downtown Springfield. This new workforce training facility will house work skills classrooms including practicum training in the precision manufacturing, construction trades, and tourism industries. This project addresses the region’s employment needs by creating a new trained workforce to fill the shortage of qualified technical job applicants. This investment is part of a $1,612,500 project that the grantee estimates will create 197 jobs and leverage $222,000 in private investment.
  • $150,000 in Local Technical Assistance funds to the Food Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for development and implementation of the Food Entrepreneurship Training Program, a first-of-its-kind program to provide training and technical assistance to help food entrepreneurs market and expand their businesses and comply with city regulations governing business development. The project will leverage Philadelphia’s growing food businesses to drive economic development and job creation. This investment is part of a $300,000 project.